Qatar to quit Saudi-dominated OPEC in 2019

by David HARDING Agence France Presse DOHA, Qatar (AFP) Qatar will leave OPEC next month in order to focus on gas production, the Gulf state s new Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi announced Monday, denying the surprise move was a result of Doha s bitter feud with oil-rich Saudi Arabia. Qatar has been a member of OPEC since 1961 and the decision to pull out after more than five decades comes at a turbulent time in Gulf [ ]